How to Use overmedicate in a Sentence

overmedicate

verb
  • The defense says she was overmedicated and committed the killings during an episode of extreme postpartum psychosis.
    — Kristina Rex, CBS News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Lindsay does not dispute killing her children, but her defense argues that she was overmedicated and suffering from postpartum psychosis.
    — Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026
  • The defense says she was overmedicated and experienced an extreme episode of postpartum psychosis.
    — Kristina Rex, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Kennedy has said Americans are overmedicated.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC news, 9 Apr. 2026
  • In Lindsay Clancy’s case, her legal team claims that she was overmedicated while being treated for a number of her postpartum symptoms.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026
  • This misinterpretation is quite common because doctors don’t want to overmedicate with powerful drugs.
    — Bryant Stamford, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The defense is arguing that she was overmedicated and experiencing auditory hallucinations in which a male voice told her to kill the kids.
    — Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026
  • But her defense argues that she was overmedicated and suffering from postpartum psychosis at the time and was not criminally responsible.
    — Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The defense has argued that Lindsay Clancy was overmedicated and that her care was disjointed, with doctors not speaking to one another or sharing notes.
    — Leah Willingham, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Reddington has alleged that Lindsay Clancy was overmedicated before the children's deaths.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Clancy does not deny killing her children, but her defense argues that she was overmedicated and suffering from postpartum psychosis and is not criminally responsible for their deaths.
    — Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Her defense attorney argues she was overmedicated and suffering from extreme postpartum psychosis.
    — Kristina Rex, CBS News, 30 July 2026
  • Her attorney says Clancy was overmedicated and suffering from postpartum psychosis.
    — Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The 36-year-old’s defense has argued that she was overmedicated and suffering from postpartum psychosis at the time of the killings, leaving her not criminally responsible.
    — Lindsay Kimble, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Solstice East had previously been accused of abusive practices, including placing kids in seclusion for days on end and overmedicating a student to the point of hospitalization.
    — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 11 May 2026
  • Jollotta is one of the medical professionals sued by both Clancy and her ex-husband for allegedly overmedicating and failing to properly treat Clancy.
    — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Prosecutors allege the murders were planned, while the defense argues Clancy was overmedicated and suffering from extreme postpartum psychosis.
    — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 29 July 2026
  • The defense does not dispute that Lindsay killed her children but argues that she was overmedicated and suffering from postpartum psychosis, leaving her not criminally responsible.
    — Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The prosecution says the murders were calculated, while the defense argues Clancy was overmedicated and suffering from extreme postpartum psychosis.
    — Kristina Rex, CBS News, 30 July 2026
  • Prosecutors say the murders were calculated, while Clancy's defense argues that she was overmedicated and suffering from extreme postpartum psychosis.
    — Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 31 July 2026
  • Reddington has argued Clancy should not be held criminally responsible because she was overmedicated and suffering from postpartum psychosis.
    — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Defense attorney Reddington said she should not be held criminally responsible because she was overmedicated and suffering from postpartum psychosis.
    — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Prosecutors appeared to begin chipping away at the defense’s portrayal of Lindsay Clancy as overmedicated, walking jurors through nine prescription bottles that still contained many of the pills she had been given.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026
  • But Roman says that in cross-examination, the defense used the same searches to highlight their argument that Clancy was overmedicated, failed by the medical system, and experiencing postpartum psychosis at the time.
    — Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Clancy's defense attorney Kevin Reddington argues she should not be held criminally responsible because she was overmedicated and suffering from postpartum psychosis.
    — Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Tufts and Goodheart are at the center of civil lawsuits filed earlier this year by Clancy and her ex-husband Patrick Clancy, who allege her doctors overmedicated and failed to properly diagnose her following her youngest son's birth.
    — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Clancy's attorney Kevin Reddington said Clancy admits to killing her children but says she should not be held criminally responsible because she was overmedicated and suffering from postpartum psychosis.
    — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Jollotta is one of several medical professionals being sued by both Clancy and her ex-husband Patrick Clancy for allegedly overmedicating and failing to properly treat Lindsay Clancy following the birth of her third child.
    — ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026

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